18/01/2011

The 61st Berlin Film Festival has now announced all its titles in Competition. With the eight films confirmed before the end-of-year holidays (see news), the total now stands at 22. Sixteen of these films will vie for the Golden Bear, the others will screen out of competition.

Among the ten features in competition, added to the six previously announced candidates (including five European co-productions), there are six European (co-)productions, including Hungarian director Béla Tarr’s latest film, The Turin Horse, and Michel Ocelot’s French 3D animated title Tales of the Night.

The four new selections out of competition all represent Europe. They include the new film by Austrian director Wolfgang Murnberger, My Best Enemy; Unknown, by Jaume Collet-Serra starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and Bruno Ganz; and Service Entrance by Philippe Le Guay, starring Fabrice Lucchini, Sandrine Kiberlain and Carmen Maura.

Pride of place will go to Iranian cinema, with a film in competition and the presentation of Jafar Panahi’s Offside (awarded at Berlin in 2006) in an extra programme. The other special screening in this extra programme will be Werner Herzog’s US 3D documentary Cave Of Forgotten Dreams.

Films in competition

The Turin Horse [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Béla Tarr
film profile] - Béla Tarr
Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland

The Prize - Paula Markovitch
Mexico, France, Polond, Germany

Tales Of The Night [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michel Ocelot
film profile] - Michel Ocelot
France

Sleeping Sickness - Ulrich Köhler
Germany, France, The Netherlands

The Forgiveness Of Blood - Joshua Marston
U.S.A., Albania

A Mysterious World - Rodrigo Moreno
Argentina, Germany, Uruguay

Innocent Saturday) - Alexander Mindadze
Russia, Germany, Ukrania

Nader And Simin, A Separation) - Asghar Farhadi
Iran

Margin Call - JC Chandor
U.S.A.

Come Rain Come Shine - Lee Yoon-ki
Republic of Korea

If Not Us, Who [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Andres Veiel
Germany

Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes
United Kingdom

The Future - Miranda July
Germany, U.S.A.

Our Grand Despair - Seyfi Teoman
Turkey, Germany, The Netherlands

Lipstikka - Jonathan Sagall
Israel, United Kingdom

Yelling To The Sky - Victoria Mahoney
U.S.A.

Out of Competition

Almanya - Yasemin Samdereli
Germany

My Best Enemy - Wolfgang Murnberger
Austria, Luxembourg

Service Entrance [+see also:
trailer
film profile]- Philippe Le Guay
France

Unknown - Jaume Collet-Serra
Germany, United-Kingdom, France

Pina [+see also:
trailer
interview: Wim Wenders
film profile] - Wim Wenders
Germany, France

True Grit - Joel and Ethan Coen
U.S.A
Opening Film

(Translated from French)